J4 ANCIENT EGYPT Flashcards

1

Canopic Jars were used to keep...

Food
Internal organs
Gold
Jewels

2

What material did egyptians develop to write and produce art on?

Paper made from the scarab beetle.
Vellum - made from sheep skin.
Papyrus - paper made from a water plant.
Woven camenl hairs.

3

Where did egyptians believe they went when they died?

The sky.
The after life
Hell
Heaven

4

Being a scribe (some one who could read and write) was not an important job in ancient Egypt.

True
False

5

Which of these statements is true: Why was the river Nile so useful?

To fish
For trading and traveling
To swim
To water the crops

6

Who built the pyramids?

The egyptians
Slaves
Craftmen
Traders

7

What are the pyramids?

Tombs
Temples
Sarcophagus
Pharaoh’s house

8

What does an archeologist study?

Animals
The human past through buried objects.
Plants and the changes of the weather.
Writing

9

How old was Tut when he became a pharaoh?

70
20
10
12

10

Why was Tot´s tomb so important?

Because it was the biggest tomb.
Because it contained plenty of gold.
Because Tutankamon was the most important pharaoh.
Because it was the only tomb not discovered by robbers

11

Which of these types of writing appeared first?

Hieroglyphics
Demotic
Hieratic
Egyptian

12

What is the last step to make a mummy?

Take out the brain.
Wrap the body in cloth.
Dry the whole body.

13

Which of these is false?

Cleopatra fell in love with Mark Antony.
Cleopatra was an evil pharaoh.
Cleopatra was a beautiful charming pharaoh.
Cleopata´s rule was peaceful.

14

Who discovered Tutankamon's tomb?

Cleopatra
Lord Carnavon
Howard Carter
Akhenaten

15

What is a pharaoh?

A ruler of ancient egypt.
A dead person.
A dried out body.

J4 ANCIENT EGYPT

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J4 ANCIENT EGYPT

Questions 15